EXHIBIT 24

                                                               ALAN K. CAMPBELL



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned director of ARAMARK Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), hereby appoints Joseph Neubauer, James E. Ksansnak, Martin W.
Spector and Donald S. Morton, as his Attorney-in-Fact and hereby grants to each
of them acting alone without the others, for him and in his name as such
director, full power to:

                  (a)      sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
                           year ended September 29, 1995, and amendments thereto
                           which the Company may file with the Securities and
                           Exchange Commission pursuant to the requirements of
                           Section 13 and/or Section 15(d) of the Securities
                           Exchange Act of 1934; and

                  (b)      perform every other action which any such
                           Attorney-in-fact may deem necessary or proper in
                           connection with any of such reports or amendments

(all as approved by the Company's principal executive, financial and accounting
officers whose signatures to such report or amendment thereto shall be
conclusive evidence of such approval).




Dated: November 14, 1995                         /s/  Alan K. Campbell
                                                      -------------------------
                                                      Alan K. Campbell






                                                               EDWARD G. JORDAN



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned director of ARAMARK Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), hereby appoints Joseph Neubauer, James E. Ksansnak, Martin W.
Spector and Donald S. Morton, as his Attorney-in-Fact and hereby grants to each
of them acting alone without the others, for him and in his name as such
director, full power to:

                  (a)      sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
                           year ended September 29, 1995, and amendments thereto
                           which the Company may file with the Securities and
                           Exchange Commission pursuant to the requirements of
                           Section 13 and/or Section 15(d) of the Securities
                           Exchange Act of 1934; and

                  (b)      perform every other action which any such
                           Attorney-in-fact may deem necessary or proper in
                           connection with any of such reports or amendments

(all as approved by the Company's principal executive, financial and accounting
officers whose signatures to such report or amendment thereto shall be
conclusive evidence of such approval).




Dated: November 14, 1995                         /s/  Edward G. Jordan
                                                      -------------------------
                                                      Edward G. Jordan








                                                               JAMES E. PRESTON



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned director of ARAMARK Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), hereby appoints Joseph Neubauer, James E. Ksansnak, Martin W.
Spector and Donald S. Morton, as his Attorney-in-Fact and hereby grants to each
of them acting alone without the others, for him and in his name as such
director, full power to:

                  (a)      sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
                           year ended September 29, 1995, and amendments thereto
                           which the Company may file with the Securities and
                           Exchange Commission pursuant to the requirements of
                           Section 13 and/or Section 15(d) of the Securities
                           Exchange Act of 1934; and

                   (b)     perform every other action which any such
                           Attorney-in-fact may deem necessary or proper in
                           connection with any of such reports or amendments

(all as approved by the Company's principal executive, financial and accounting
officers whose signatures to such report or amendment thereto shall be
conclusive evidence of such approval).




Dated: November 14, 1995                          /s/  James E. Preston
                                                       ------------------------
                                                       James E. Preston









                                                                JOSEPH NEUBAUER



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned director of ARAMARK Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), hereby appoints Joseph Neubauer, James E. Ksansnak, Martin W.
Spector and Donald S. Morton, as his Attorney-in-Fact and hereby grants to each
of them acting alone without the others, for him and in his name as such
director, full power to:

                  (a)      sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
                           year ended September 29, 1995, and amendments thereto
                           which the Company may file with the Securities and
                           Exchange Commission pursuant to the requirements of
                           Section 13 and/or Section 15(d) of the Securities
                           Exchange Act of 1934; and

                  (b)      perform every other action which any such
                           Attorney-in-fact may deem necessary or proper in
                           connection with any of such reports or amendments

(all as approved by the Company's principal executive, financial and accounting
officers whose signatures to such report or amendment thereto shall be
conclusive evidence of such approval).




Dated: November 14, 1995                         /s/ Joseph Neubauer
                                                     --------------------------
                                                     Joseph Neubauer








                                                           LEE F. DRISCOLL, JR.



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned director of ARAMARK Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), hereby appoints Joseph Neubauer, James E. Ksansnak, Martin W.
Spector and Donald S. Morton, as his Attorney-in-Fact and hereby grants to each
of them acting alone without the others, for him and in his name as such
director, full power to:

                  (a)      sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
                           fiscal year ended September 29, 1995, and amendments
                           thereto which the Company may file with the
                           Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the
                           requirements of Section 13 and/or Section 15(d) of
                           the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

                  (b)      perform every other action which any such
                           Attorney-in-fact may deem necessary or proper in
                           connection with any of such reports or amendments

(all as approved by the Company's principal executive, financial and accounting
officers whose signatures to such report or amendment thereto shall be
conclusive evidence of such approval).




Dated: November 14, 1995                         /s/  Lee F. Driscoll, Jr.
                                                      -------------------------
                                                      Lee F. Driscoll, Jr.







                                                          MITCHELL S. FROMSTEIN



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned director of ARAMARK Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), hereby appoints Joseph Neubauer, James E. Ksansnak, Martin W.
Spector and Donald S. Morton, as his Attorney-in-Fact and hereby grants to each
of them acting alone without the others, for him and in his name as such
director, full power to:

                  (a)      sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
                           year ended September 29, 1995, and amendments thereto
                           which the Company may file with the Securities and
                           Exchange Commission pursuant to the requirements of
                           Section 13 and/or Section 15(d) of the Securities
                           Exchange Act of 1934; and

                  (b)      perform every other action which any such
                           Attorney-in-fact may deem necessary or proper in
                           connection with any of such reports or amendments

(all as approved by the Company's principal executive, financial and accounting
officers whose signatures to such report or amendment thereto shall be
conclusive evidence of such approval).




Dated: November 14, 1995                        /s/  Mitchell S. Fromstein
                                                     --------------------------
                                                     Mitchell S. Fromstein









                                                             PHILIP L. DEFLIESE


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned director of ARAMARK Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), hereby appoints Joseph Neubauer, James E. Ksansnak, Martin W.
Spector and Donald S. Morton, as his Attorney-in-Fact and hereby grants to each
of them acting alone without the others, for him and in his name as such
director, full power to:

                  (a)      sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
                           year ended September 29, 1995, and amendments thereto
                           which the Company may file with the Securities and
                           Exchange Commission pursuant to the requirements of
                           Section 13 and/or Section 15(d) of the Securities
                           Exchange Act of 1934; and

                  (b)      perform every other action which any such
                           Attorney-in-fact may deem necessary or proper in
                           connection with any of such reports or amendments

(all as approved by the Company's principal executive, financial and accounting
officers whose signatures to such report or amendment thereto shall be
conclusive evidence of such approval).




Dated: November 14, 1995                       /s/ Philip L. Defliese
                                                   ----------------------------
                                                   Philip L. Defliese






                                                           REYNOLD C. MACDONALD



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned director of ARAMARK Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), hereby appoints Joseph Neubauer, James E. Ksansnak, Martin W.
Spector and Donald S. Morton, as his Attorney-in-Fact and hereby grants to each
of them acting alone without the others, for him and in his name as such
director, full power to:

                  (a)      sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
                           year ended September 29, 1995, and amendments thereto
                           which the Company may file with the Securities and
                           Exchange Commission pursuant to the requirements of
                           Section 13 and/or Section 15(d) of the Securities
                           Exchange Act of 1934; and

                  (b)      perform every other action which any such
                           Attorney-in-fact may deem necessary or proper in
                           connection with any of such reports or amendments

(all as approved by the Company's principal executive, financial and accounting
officers whose signatures to such report or amendment thereto shall be
conclusive evidence of such approval).




Dated: November 14, 1995                        /s/  Reynold C. MacDonald
                                                     --------------------------
                                                     Reynold C. MacDonald







                                                            ROBERT J. CALLANDER



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned director of ARAMARK Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), hereby appoints Joseph Neubauer, James E. Ksansnak, Martin W.
Spector and Donald S. Morton, as his Attorney-in-Fact and hereby grants to each
of them acting alone without the others, for him and in his name as such
director, full power to:

                  (a)      sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
                           year ended September 29, 1995, and amendments thereto
                           which the Company may file with the Securities and
                           Exchange Commission pursuant to the requirements of
                           Section 13 and/or Section 15(d) of the Securities
                           Exchange Act of 1934; and

                  (b)      perform every other action which any such
                           Attorney-in-fact may deem necessary or proper in
                           connection with any of such reports or amendments

(all as approved by the Company's principal executive, financial and accounting
officers whose signatures to such report or amendment thereto shall be
conclusive evidence of such approval).




Dated: November 14, 1995                         /s/ Robert J. Callander
                                                     --------------------------
                                                     Robert J. Callander






                                                            RONALD R. DAVENPORT



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned director of ARAMARK Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), hereby appoints Joseph Neubauer, James E. Ksansnak, Martin W.
Spector and Donald S. Morton, as his Attorney-in-Fact and hereby grants to each
of them acting alone without the others, for him and in his name as such
director, full power to:

                  (a)      sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
                           year ended September 29, 1995, and amendments thereto
                           which the Company may file with the Securities and
                           Exchange Commission pursuant to the requirements of
                           Section 13 and/or Section 15(d) of the Securities
                           Exchange Act of 1934; and

                  (b)      perform every other action which any such
                           Attorney-in-fact may deem necessary or proper in
                           connection with any of such reports or amendments

(all as approved by the Company's principal executive, financial and accounting
officers whose signatures to such report or amendment thereto shall be
conclusive evidence of such approval).




Dated: November 14, 1995                         /s/  Ronald R. Davenport
                                                      -------------------------
                                                      Ronald R. Davenport







                                                                 THOMAS H. KEAN



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned director of ARAMARK Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), hereby appoints Joseph Neubauer, James E. Ksansnak, Martin W.
Spector and Donald S. Morton, as his Attorney-in-Fact and hereby grants to each
of them acting alone without the others, for him and in his name as such
director, full power to:

                  (a)      sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
                           year ended September 29, 1995, and amendments thereto
                           which the Company may file with the Securities and
                           Exchange Commission pursuant to the requirements of
                           Section 13 and/or Section 15(d) of the Securities
                           Exchange Act of 1934; and

                  (b)      perform every other action which any such
                           Attorney-in-fact may deem necessary or proper in
                           connection with any of such reports or amendments

(all as approved by the Company's principal executive, financial and accounting
officers whose signatures to such report or amendment thereto shall be
conclusive evidence of such approval).




Dated: November 14, 1995                        /s/ Thomas H. Kean
                                                    ---------------------------
                                                    Thomas H. Kean